Everyday Dancer
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.31 (849 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0571238920 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. She has written and presented several programmes for BBC TV and radio, including the award-winning 'The Dancer's Body'. About the Author Deborah Bull was a Principal Dancer with The Royal Ballet, noted for her performances in the works of Forsythe and MacMillan. She is the author of The Vitality Plan (1998), Dancing Away (1998) and (with Luke Jennings) The Faber Pocket Guide to Ballet (2004). She is now Creative Director of the Royal Opera House as well as a writer and broadcaster
I feel like I lived ever minute of it. toddy boy What remarkable people dancers are and what remarkable days they have. This book makes you want to meet them all. I am so glad to have renewed my season tickets now I will stay after the ballet in hope of telling them how much they are appreciated.. "The real ballet world" according to Arissa. For a wish-I-was ballerina like me, a terrific, detailed look at what it is really like to be a dancer, told by someone who knows with honesty and no melodrama. This is not a gossip book; it is a blow by blow account of the dancer's routine.. BronteFan said Great insight. Bull is a former principal with the Royal Ballet and has published several books. She's a very good writer and this book gave a really good insight into the average day in the life of a dancer.
Deborah Bull was a Principal Dancer with The Royal Ballet, noted for her performances in the works of Forsythe and MacMillan. She is the author of The Vitality Plan (1998), Dancing Away (1998) and (with Luke Jennings) The Faber Pocket Guide to Ballet (2004). . She is now Creative Director of the Royal Oper
Through this vivid portrait of a dancer's every day, Deborah Bull reveals the arc of a dancer's life: from the seven-year-old's very first ballet class, through training, to company life, up through the ranks from corps de ballet to principal and then, not thirty years after it all began, to retirement and the inevitable sense of loss that comes with saying goodbye to your childhood dreams.. "The Everyday Dancer" is a new and honest account of the business of dancing from a writer with first hand experience of the profession. Structured around the daily schedule, "The Everyday Dancer" goes behind the velvet curtain, the gilt and the glamour to uncover the everyday realities of a career in dance. Starting out with the obligatory daily 'class', the book progresses through the repetition of rehearsals, the excitement of creating new work, the nervous tension of the half hour call, the pressures of performance and the anti-climax of curtain down